Regional politics: the Guangxi warlords and the Guangxi system at work -- Political culture: the Guangxi warlords and the Chinese Communist Party -- War in fiction and poetry -- Paper bullets can also annihilate the enemy: journals, newspapers, and plays -- International features of wartime culture
Summary
This book examines the development of wartime culture in the Chinese city of Guilin during the Japanese invasion between 1938 and 1944. Controlled and protected by a nationally powerful Guangxi warlord group, Guilin's liberal atmosphere attracted intellectuals of different social and political backgrounds who engaged in various forms of literary production, making the city a new wartime cultural center